Reverse resynchronization

You can use one of the following methods to restore pairs:

During a Reverse Copy you can delete or suspend the pairs, but you cannot create, split, or resynchronize pairs that share the same P-VOL. The P-VOL is inaccessible to hosts.

If you are sharing a TC or UR volume with an SI volume, you cannot create a TC or UR pair with the shared volume.

You cannot use Reverse Copy with the following pairs:

olh-caution.gif To prevent the two volumes from being swapped, the P-VOL and S-VOLs must be assigned to the same cache logical partition (CLPR).

During a Quick Restore, the P-VOL and S-VOL are inaccessible. After a Quick Restore, the P-VOL is accessible.

Best Practice: If you have a small amount of differential data, use Reverse Copy instead of Quick Restore, since Reverse Copy completes faster.

If you use volumes for which you set Data Retention Utility access attributes, Quick Restore does not exchange the P-VOL and S-VOL access attributes.

olh-note.gif HDvM - SN can show outdated information after a Quick Restore. To show the latest information, click Refresh View.

olh-note.gif To minimize the time it takes to Quick Restore an SI pair, do not perform LDEV maintenance while the Quick Restore is processing.

You can delete or suspend the pair while you are restoring the pair using Quick Restore but you cannot do the following:

You cannot Quick Restore the following pairs:

For more information about formatting volumes using Quick Format, see the Provisioning Guide for your storage system.